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Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press. Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Translator and Editor Seymour B. Liebman [1907-1986] atop half-title. "Poetic beauty and religious fervor flow from the memoirs and letters of this young Jew of Mexico City who was burned at the stake on December 8,… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 080761159X . [ix]-xii, 336 pp. Index. Printed upon glossy stock with 123 beautiful color plates, 50 black-and-white illustrations and 200 drawings. "Brings together new information about the history of Maya civilization, which rose, declined and fell long before the discovery of… Read more about this item

New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870682776 . xvi, 271 p. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white maps and illustrations. "Twenty years of research in the original Inquisition documents in the Vatican archives and the national archives of Spain, Portugal and Latin… Read more about this item

USA: University of Miami Press. Good. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 087024129X . [11]-381 pp. Footnotes, glossary, bibliography, index, black and white illustrations. "Professor Liebman has researched and translated many Inqusition documents, and through these and other sources has defined, described, and analyzed the personalities, lives and customs of representative Hispanic Jews. Two outstanding families, those of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. [6]-134 p. Bibliography. Index. "The history of the Jews of Mexico 1521-1821 is recorded in the documents of the Inquisition. The Mexican Archivo General de la Nacion are 1,553 volumes of Mexican Inquisition documents. The index to… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. x, 227. Footnotes. Index. List of Works Cited. Personalia. Black and white reproductions of historic documents. Frontispiece illustration of Isaac Aboab Da Fonseca (1605-93), the first rabbi in the New World. "Historiography has quite… Read more about this item

USA: Eaton & Mains / Jennings & Graham, 1910. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii, 259 pages. Index. Two-sided colour foldout map of Cuba and Porto Rico. Twenty-six quality black and white reproductions of photos. Author also wrote "Aliens or Americans?'. Dedicated to the missionaries who have given… Read more about this item

USA: National Tours / North German Lloyd Company, 1932. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36 pages. Presents a detailed listing of: Officers; National Tours Cruise Staff; Information for Cruise Members; Nautical Terms; Nine page roster of cruise members; Three pages of autographs; pages for daily journal entries (blank), 22 Dec. 1932 -… Read more about this item

Germany: Christian Weise Verlag, 2008. Book. Illus. by Balzer, Reinhard; Meyer, Hartmut. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 304 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Text in English and German. Approx. 9" x 9". "Concentrates on the gemstones found in the Catalan country to the… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson. Good. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 0500110123 . Footnotes, Glossary of Creole terms referring to Voudoun, References, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Voudoun is the religion, primarily African in origin, of the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Republic of Haiti. This work "Delineates this cult as… Read more about this item

Glendale, CA, U.S.A.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1960. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], 12-274 pages. Glossary, bibliography, index. Fourteen monotone maps and illustrations. "This study is confined to piratical and other foreign incursions on the Pacific coast from Panama north, beginning in 1575 or 1576 and continuing for… Read more about this item

Mexico: Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana, 1994. Book. Illus. by Dr. Atl / Gerardo Murillo Cornado. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 127 pages. Text in Spanish. Presents the life and work of Mexican artist and writer Gerardo Murillo Cornado (1875-1964). Generously illustrated in color and black and white. Oblong… Read more about this item

USA: The Gray Line, 1955. Book. Good. Pamphlet. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charming four-panel, two-sided vintage two-color travel brochure with twelve photos including the Juarez, Mexico Bull-Ring. One-panel features a side-trip offered to the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Undated but the cars in one photo and very low prices suggest a printing date in… Read more about this item

Spain: Editiones San Marcos, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world… Read more about this item

Canada: Self-Published, 2000. Book. Good. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 398 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "The first permanent record of a military history of the Island of Montserrat, West Indies, which over time has been largely neglected by military historians, authors and the population of Montserrat. Contains substantial… Read more about this item

USA: G&R, 1985. Book. Illus. by Sanford, Greg (cover photo). Good. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Over 200 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1985. A compilation of traditional recipes and recipes using food native to Venezuela. Gift greetings neatly written atop title page, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with… Read more about this item

Israel: Gefen Publishing House. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 9652292796 . 384 pages. Extensive index. Notes on bibliography. Illustrated in color and black and white. Map endpapers. "Author served Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Columbia, Panama and Haiti. In those places, and many others in the Americas to which he… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly, 1939. Book. Illus. by Halvern, Corinne (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Maltman, W.; Burke, May C.; Garland, C. George; Clymer, John F.. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in purple top feeding pigeons; Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; Colour-photo one-page… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Stovel / National Home Monthly, 1946. Book. Illus. by Smith, Hal (cover); Karsh; Scott, John; Sweeney, Dan; Moulton, Conrad; Louthian Ashe, Edd Jr.; Reed, E.C.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of fashionable lady in black hat by Hal Smith; Blue Top Brewing Co. ad… Read more about this item

USA: Marine Corps Association, 1961. Magazine. Illus. by de Grasse, John (cover). Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Features: Two-page illustrated ad for the Boeing-Vertol 107; Fidel Castro's Threat to the Hemisphere - the author fought with Castro's army but left when he was convinced Castro would not stop until he was… Read more about this item